CVE-2007-4754
Format string vulnerability in the safe_bprintf function in acesrc/acebot_cmds.c in Alien Arena 2007 6.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in the safe_bprintf function in acesrc/acebot_cmds.c in Alien Arena 2007 6.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-09-08 01:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-09-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 004f3544da39641a97c3e9454d72ff7ff4fb0a6e8754ad84444f8dfd2aab2844
05 Affected products
06 References
- aluigi.altervista.orghttp://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k7x-adv.txt
- secunia.com26819http://secunia.com/advisories/26819
- securityreason.com3105http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3105
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comalienarena-safebprintf-format-string(36463)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36463
- osvdb.org40507http://osvdb.org/40507
- www.securityfocus.com25559http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25559
- www.securityfocus.com20070905 Format string and clients disconnection in Alien Arena 2007 6.10http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478628/100/0/threaded
- archives.neohapsis.com20070905 Format string and clients disconnection in Alien Arena 2007 6.10http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-09/0049.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3169http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3169
- www.quakesrc.orghttp://www.quakesrc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6843&start=1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- alien-arena Fixed in 6.05-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- alien-arena Fixed in 6.05-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- alien-arena Fixed in 6.05-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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